x, 436 pages ; 21 cm

"The most extensive general exposition of Max Weber's sociological theory and its applications to the broad empirical problems of historical structure and change"--Cover

"A translation of part I of Max Weber's Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft, which was in turn originally published as volume III of the collaborative work Grundriss der Sozialoekonomik"--Page v

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction -- The fundamental concepts of sociology -- Sociological categories of economic action -- The types of authority and imperative co-ordination. The basis of legitimacy ; Legal authority with a bureaucratic administrative staff ; Traditional authority ; Charismatic authority ; The routinization of charisma ; The transformation of charisma in an anti-authoritarian direction ; Collegiality and the separation of powers ; Parties ; Types of government of corporate groups which minimize imperative powers; [and] the role of representation ; Representation -- Social stratification and class structure

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